After using Avast for the past 3 years without a problem EVER, I now find that the newly installed Avast 5 is causing me major headaches.
Windows XP SP3 with all current updates & AVAST 5 free download.
All previously installed programmes will no longer open as the respective exe or a required dll file cannot be located, initially I reinstalled some programmes and they opened, but eventually the problem returns.
Any time I start up an Office Programme - IE, Outlook etc, a pop up appears advising I wait for windows installer to be configured.
On looking in the AVAST Virus Chest I see it is full of dll, exe, htm files.
How can I get all these required drivers etc back to where they belong?
For example, adobe acrobat stopped working, I downloaded reader 9 and it worked fine, next day it doesn't work!!! Found 6 dll files in the chest, restored each and it works again - but for how long??
HOw do I stop AVAST 5 from isolating all my esential files?